 Robert (Rollo) Duke of Normandy, son of Jarl Eystein Ivarsson Glumra and Ascrida Ragnvaldsdottir.Born 870 at Norway, died 931, 60 or 61 years Rollo the Dane, 1st Duke of Normandy. The Normans, Men of the North, werea mixed nation of the fiercest Norwegians, Swedes and Danes, and becamesettled in Neustria in France at the beginning of the 10th Century whenCharles the Simple, King of France, conferred the Duchy, since calledNormandy, on Rollo the Dane, one of the most celebrated of the Normanleaders. This renowed chieftain married 1st Poppae, daughter ofBerengarius, Count of Bayeux, 2nd Gisela, daughter of Charles, King ofFrance. By the first wife he left at his death, in 931, two sons and twodaughters: William, Robert, Count of Corbell, Crespina and Gerletta. Married/ Related to:  Poppa deValois, daughter of Bberenger de Bayeux and N.N.. Adoption parents: Berenger deSenlis Count of Bayeux and N.N. Adoption parents: Berenger de Senlis Count of Bayeux and N.N. Adoption parents: Berenger de Senlis Count of Bayeux and N.N. Adoption parents: Berenger de Senlis Count of Bayeux and N.N. Born 875, died 959, 83 or 84 years Children: 1. William I Longsword II Duke of NormandyBorn 900 at Ruoen, France, died Dec 17, 943, 42 or 43 years William, eldest son of Rollo, surnamed Longa Spatha, Long-Sword, Duke ofNormandy, married Adela, daughter of Hubert, Count of Senlis, and dyingin 948, slain, it is said by the treachery of Arnulph, Count of Flanders,left a son and successor, Richard I, Duke of Normandy. | |||